The viewing area currently just gives a simple listing of the different objects
in the database. The main feature of the viewing area is the ability to see a
tree of all related objects with a sample of choice at the root. The listing of
the objects is more limited than the admin area, so for browsing objects in the
database it is still more user-friendly to use the admin area.

The Container and Sample tables have an option to bulk import multiple objects
in one go with a csv, json or excel file. This is only recommended for advanced
users, because you skip a lot of extra checks done that you would normally have
when you fill in the forms. The importer’s error messages can be rather
cryptic. That being said, here is how to do it.

Create a 384 Well Plate to connect the Wells to using the admin interface

Get the id for the new 384 Well Plate (51)

Determine the id for the container type you want to add (4)

Click on import in the Container listing

Change the given csv template. It uses the id from step 2 as the parent
container and the sample type from step 3. You don’t have to specify an id
for the new containers themselves because those will be automatically
generated by the system. The content_type is an id that refers to the
type of object that is stored, in this case 15 which represents the code for
a Sample. This id might be different on your server though. You can
look up the ids for other objects in the ContentTypes listing in the
admin area. The object_id should contain the id of the object, in this
example we used the ones from the previous step.